I posted this on that other forum, but got no response so here it is for everyone here:
Quick question for you runners. I generally do my shorter (3-5 miles) runs in the morning on a treadmill, and my long runs once a week at night (8 miles right now). Last night I weighed before going out a 178.5. After running 8 miles and drinking two waterbottles of Powerade (thanks to my lovely wife tracking me down on the run to give me one, and keeping one cold in the fridge when I got home) I weighed in at 174. I finished my run around 8:30, showered, stretched ate a little bit and drank lots of fluids for 2 hours before bed. I weighed again before bed and was still only 177, leading me to believe I was slightly dehydrated. I slept worse last night than I ever have before, getting very little sleep until 4:30AM and drinking another full waterbottle sporadically through the night. Could dehydration cause my insomnia? My father tells me it was likely from excercising so soon before bed, but that seems odd to me as I have never had a problem with that. This winter I would ride the trainer for 2 hours, shower and go to bed and sleep fine. Any thoughts?
Quick question for you runners. I generally do my shorter (3-5 miles) runs in the morning on a treadmill, and my long runs once a week at night (8 miles right now). Last night I weighed before going out a 178.5. After running 8 miles and drinking two waterbottles of Powerade (thanks to my lovely wife tracking me down on the run to give me one, and keeping one cold in the fridge when I got home) I weighed in at 174. I finished my run around 8:30, showered, stretched ate a little bit and drank lots of fluids for 2 hours before bed. I weighed again before bed and was still only 177, leading me to believe I was slightly dehydrated. I slept worse last night than I ever have before, getting very little sleep until 4:30AM and drinking another full waterbottle sporadically through the night. Could dehydration cause my insomnia? My father tells me it was likely from excercising so soon before bed, but that seems odd to me as I have never had a problem with that. This winter I would ride the trainer for 2 hours, shower and go to bed and sleep fine. Any thoughts?